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Aisling O’Boyle

@aislingoboyle.bsky.social

Reader, Director, Centre for Language Education Research @CLER_QUB Northern Ireland Interests:Language&Education http://bit.ly/2Lzh4tu

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LIFELANGS Living Observatory@lifelangs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We'll gather evidence about how people use different languages and live in different cultural settings. With local communities and external partners, we'll collect data on how people of all ages learn and use languages—both 🗣️and🧏‍♀️— in places like homes, schools, workplaces, and social spaces.

LIFELANGS Living Observatory@lifelangs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're a Strand II Emerging Hubs of Excellence project (2025 – 2029) funded under the North South Research Programme. NSRP is a collaborative scheme under the Government’s Shared Island Fund, administered by the HEA for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science.

Lorna Carson@lornacarson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Thrilled to be able to start work alongside @aislingoboyle.bsky.social on the new @lifelangs.bsky.social Living Observatory project, working with an amazing team from @tcddublin.bsky.social & @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. Launching 4 Dec at 4pm GMT online, join us! #NSRP

LIFELANGS Living Observatory@lifelangs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Welcome to LIFELANGS - A Living Observatory of Shared Languages and Identities on the island of Ireland. An ambitious new large-scale collaborative research project from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @tcddublin.bsky.social, led by @aislingoboyle.bsky.social & @lornacarson.bsky.social.

Tom Hulme@tomhulme.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New article just published from the ‘Queer Northern Ireland: Sexuality before Liberation’ project. Charlie lays out in brilliant (and often depressing) depth how the complex forces of psychiatry and religion shaped the responses to male homosexuality in the decades after WWII.

Charlie Lynch@charlielynch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“I knew that homosexuality was a sin - I didn’t want to be homosexual. I went to my G.P and said I had read Freud’s book on dreams, that I suffered from homosexuality, and that I would like to change.” My new article now out in Irish Historical Studies: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Freedom Press@freedompress.bsky.social · last yr.

Antifascism means building counter-power while we are defending our communities by creating spaces of refusal. The challenge is not just to “fight fascism”, but to confront the system that rewards it—and fears only our capacity to live ungovernable. freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/05/o...

One war, many battles: Surveillance, the far-right, and the new war economy - Freedom News

The same logic that obliterates Gaza also demonises migrants in Britain, criminalises dissent, and elevates white nationalist narratives ~ Blade Runner ~ Far-right mobilisation continues across the UK...

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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last yr.

'A day of connection for history postdocs and late-stage PhDs based in Northern Ireland. The programme of social opportunities and academic and public history sessions will bring the ECR community together in Belfast.'

History Lab Plus@historylabplus.bsky.social · last yr.

Event announcement! 📣 HL+ Network Northern Ireland 2025 🤝 Join HL+ and friends for a day of social opportunities and academic and public history sessions that will bring the ECR community together in Belfast. Thursday 25th September - 11:15am to 9pm. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Freedom Press@freedompress.bsky.social · last yr.

Disabled activists argue that, given our societal context and the gross devaluing of disabled lives, the Bill as currently constructed would pressure disabled and chronically ill people to choose death for fear of being a burden on their relatives or wider society. freedomnews.org.uk/2025/06/25/a...

Assisted Dying Bill: The neoliberal politics of death - Freedom News

The Assisted Dying Bill cleared the House of Commons in the same week the government confirmed its commitment to slashing financial support for disabled and chronically-ill people ~ punkacademic ~ The...

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Aisling O’Boyle@aislingoboyle.bsky.social · last yr.

This was a great event with lots of experience and knowledge sharing🙏👏 thank you for the invitation 🙏

Centre Language Education Research, Queen's University Belfast@cler-qub.bsky.social · last yr.

Coming up from brilliant colleagues @ucfl-eca.bsky.social online seminar: "An introduction to policy engagement and language research" 5th June at 16.00 (UK time) All welcome, register here: tinyurl.com/32mk9jvf @oliviaglaze.bsky.social @ashleyscottharris.bsky.social @llewelynhopwood.bsky.social